Diarrhea may be the most common illness experienced by campers. It’s also one of the most unpleasant. Fortunately, avoiding the runs is easy, once you learn what causes it. Problem: Contaminated Water Solution: Boiled water, chlorine dioxide tablets, a filter Water-borne pathogens include bacteria, viruses, and parasites. They’ll give you diarrhea if they get in your […]
In 2019, Polish friends Slawek Kalkraut and Krzysztof “Kris” Szymanski began a fun diversion that would later become a social media phenomenon. The two men, who are now known across multiple platforms as Men With The Pot, were working at hotels in Northern Ireland, with Szymanski behind the bar and Kalkraut at the reception desk. […]
As I packed to go swimming with some friends last weekend, I realized I was running through the same checklist for them as I was for my five-month-old. Milk for Beckett? Check. Snacks for my friends? Got ’em. My cooler was stuffed with bubbly waters and beers to share—and a sippy cup for my kid. […]
How do you carry water when you go camping? Disposable water bottles are terrible for the environment. Big water containers are difficult to pour, challenging to carry, and tough to fit into your vehicle. And, beyond providing drinking water, none of the above are optimized for common tasks like brushing teeth, cleaning dishes, or washing […]
If you’re going to use your vehicle in inclement weather, remote areas, or off-road, plan on running into trouble. Fortunately, that trouble gets easier to navigate the more prepared you are. Here are seven things to keep in your vehicle at all times. Tire Repair Kit Tires are the most essential and the most frequently […]
While everyone else is scrambling to get a coveted campsite in state and national parks across the country this summer, there’s a whole bunch of public land that’s open (and free!) for you to enjoy. The federal government owns over a quarter of our nation’s landmass—more than 640 million acres—and a good chunk of that […]
Ashley Rodriguez has taught cooking classes, worked at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago restaurant in Beverly Hills, California, and done professional food photography. She also writes and hosts Kitchen Unnecessary, a James Beard Award–nominated YouTube show that she created about cooking outdoors with wild ingredients. That’s how we found her. “I have made smoked clam carbonara, with […]
Rig’D Supply RambleRack-1 Bike Rack ($900) Rig’D calls this an off-road bike rack because it’s meant for people who want to haul their bike down dozens if not hundreds of miles of bumpy and rutted dirt roads and not worry about the rack or the bike. They assured us the bike would stay absolutely locked […]
Amazon Prime Day has arrived, and with it, a bunch of low prices on outdoor cooking products. Whether you’re looking to stock your camping kitchen with convenient, portable tools or upgrade existing gear, there are deals to be found on everything from backpacking-friendly stoves to camp cookware. Here are our picks for the best outdoor […]
There’s nothing better than cozying up around a campfire before you crawl into your tent for the night. But campfires are increasingly banned following a historic fire season in New Mexico, more and more acres burning in California, and worsening drought in the West. That’s the problem Howl Campfires is trying to solve in developing […]